the itch

Currently listening to: Take Me Home Tonight/Be My Baby – Eddie Money

Take me home tonight
I don’t want to let you go ’til you see the light
Take me home tonight
Listen, honey, just like Ronnie sang
Be my little baby, oh, ho, oh

I’ve racked up a ridiculous amount of time off. I’ve got almost 700 hours of extended sick leave, close to 260 hours of vacation, and about 49 hours of education time just sitting there. That’s nearly six and a half weeks of potential vacation time. Just chilling. Untouched.

The problem? We’re short-staffed, so right now I can only request half days off. I’ve been using them mostly for concerts or meetings tied to my secondary job. Meanwhile, the hours just keep stacking up.

And I’ll be real, I’ve got the itch. The ā€œget me out of here, even for a few daysā€ kind of itch. I look at my leave balance and it’s practically taunting me. Like, “Hey, you could be sipping coffee in another city right now, not checking emails.”

But for now, I’m stuck taking crumbs of time off, and the pile keeps growing… teasing me.


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18 responses to “the itch”

  1. Hazel Avatar

    It sounds like there are many job vacancies there because you’re short-staffed. Here, opportunities are fewer.

    1. justrojie Avatar

      I think there are a lot of people on leave like maternity leave or family leave for medical reasons. So in those instances we can’t hire more…and just spread us out thinner

      1. Hazel Avatar

        Ah, I understand, Rojie. It’s another issue.

        1. justrojie Avatar

          it sure is…

  2. Matt Avatar

    That sucks when you have a lot of time you can’t use. The company i worked for prior to the take over of the current company i had 999 hours sick time, 2 weeks vacation and 4 personal days. Now up 5 days (120 hrs that can carry over 48 hrs a year) at least this job offers profit sharing to everyone

    1. justrojie Avatar

      It does have its perks with the profit sharing!! I can’t wait to go on vacation… šŸ˜‚

  3. ibarynt Avatar

    That is crazy, the leaves are saying so close yet so far.

    1. justrojie Avatar

      I am watching my friends go on vacations and I’m like 🄹🄹

      1. ibarynt Avatar

        Life is unfair šŸ˜

        1. justrojie Avatar

          it sure is…

  4. April Avatar

    oh my god! take it…girl!

    1. justrojie Avatar

      šŸ˜‚

  5. Violet Lentz Avatar

    How long do you honestly think it will take them to fill your position when you leave? Food for thought šŸ¤”

    1. justrojie Avatar

      Maybe a few months? It took six months for them to hire people recently because we go through credentialing and the onboarding process is annoyingly long.

      1. Violet Lentz Avatar

        My point was their being short handed is very essentially not something within your control..

        1. justrojie Avatar

          that’s facts!!

  6. Info-Man Avatar

    Lol i feel bad that now you can only take half days off .

    1. justrojie Avatar

      Ughh I’m so close but so far šŸ˜‚

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